²³ Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

^6 (A)And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

⁴ So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

¹⁸ And because we were exceedingly tempest-tossed, the next day they lightened the ship. ¹⁹ On the third day ^(A)we threw the ship’s tackle overboard with our own hands.

¹² And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your ^[a]power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

¹⁷ So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that ^[a]he said, ^(A)“Escape for your life! ^(B)Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape ^(C)to the mountains, lest you be ^[b]destroyed.”

³⁸ So when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship and threw out the wheat into the sea.